Analysis of Natural Imagery Group in Emily Dickinson’s Poems_英语论文

摘要

狄金森的作品引起了学术界的广泛关注与争论。本文试图以自然意象群为入口，为对诗歌意象的全面理解提供一个背景和路径。首先，根据狄金森的生活年代与环境探索意象的来源与背景，将复杂的意象与诗人的生活环境与情感体验相结合；然后，根据诗歌意象特点，作者将分类三大自然意象群：水意象、植物意象、动物意象；最后对其应用加以分析。

通过认知研究，从狄金森的诗歌中选取一些代表性诗歌进行系统分析，本文发现：文本世界的独特概念理论能有效地解释狄金森诗歌的意象建设机制和诗人与众不同的观念，其研究结果为读者提供了可行的诗歌朗诵模型，为诗歌研究提供了新的视角。          

关键词：艾米丽·狄金森 自然意象群 水意象 植物意象 动物意象 

Abstract

Emily Dickinson’s works still bring great interest in modern critics and have great impacts on literature. This paper intends to have a study on natural imagery group in Dickinson’s poems to provide a path for deep understanding of the images. First of all, the author will trace back to Emily Dickinson’s life environment and explore the origin and background of the images, to combine the subtle images with the poet’s life environment and emotional experience. Then, according to the characteristics of the images, the author will make a classification. Finally, the author will analyze the application of three main natural imagery groups in her poems: water imagery, plant imagery and animal imagery.

Through the selection of some representative poems, this paper aims to explore Dickinson’s imagery, it finds that based on the reader’s background knowledge and the text, it can be proved that the text world theory is efficient in exploring the discourse construction mechanism and Dickinson’s imagery. The present paper offers the readers a practical way to interpret poems and a new point to study Dickinson’s poems.

Key words: Emily Dickinson; Natural Imagery Group; Water Imagery; Plant Imagery; Animal Imagery

Contents

1  Introduction 1

1.1 General Introduction of Emily Dickinson 1

1.2 General Introduction of Emily Dickinson’s Poems 2

1.2.1 The Themes of Her Poems 3

1.2.2 The Application of Natural Images 3

1.2.3 The Main Natural Imagery Group in Her Poems 4

2  Analysis of Natural Imagery Group 6

2.1 Analysis of Water Imagery 6

2.1.1 Passionate and Dynamic River 6

2.1.2 Amiable and Bold Sea 7

2.2 Analysis of Plant Imagery 7

2.2.1 Flower-Independent and Composite Image 7

2.2.2 Reasonable and Civilized Pursuit 8

2.3 Analysis of Animal Imagery 9

2.3.1 Peaceful and Painful Lifecycle 9

2.3.2 Harmonious Relationship with Human 10

3  Conclusion 13

Bibliography 14

Acknowledgements 15